Kalamazoo Bat Team Cabinet Sale or Trade

[Leon]

With all due respect I feel the more common terminology for tenure at a college refers to faculty. Rarely, if ever, have I heard that term associated with being a student. I am sure it could be used that way but i don't think that is not normal. Kind of like he's looking for the penultimate cards .

I suggest using vocabulary that one is comfortable with when writing, or consulting a dictionary or thesaurus. I always give myself a fairly low B for writing skills but I get immunity for being the moderator.

[Jim VB]

I just hate it when you guys hijack a BST thread!

[canjond]

Originally Posted by Leon

With all due respect I feel the more common terminology for tenure at a college refers to faculty. Rarely, if ever, have I heard that term associated with being a student. I am sure it could be used that way but i don't think that is not normal. Kind of like he's looking for the penultimate cards .

I suggest using vocabulary that one is comfortable with when writing, or consulting a dictionary or thesaurus. I always give myself a fairly low B for writing skills but I get immunity for being the moderator.

Leon - I think you and I agree. In my post, I said bob's description of tenure is the most commonly used meaning of tenure, not bruce's use of the word.

[E93]

Bob Craik's above description of what a tenured faculty member (professor) is, is accurate. I happen to be one at Oregon State University.

Bruce used the term in a more colloquial than technical sense. For example, you can say:

"During Leon's tenure as moderator of Net54, he had to deal with a lot of hassles."

This is the way I read Bruce's use of the term, and it is a correct usage as well.
JimB

[E93]

In my MS Word dictionary, definition #1 is:

1. "The occupation of an official position, or the length of time that a position is occupied."

Definition #3 pertains to the guaranteed employment of a professor to ensure freedom of speech.

JimB

[Fred]

I sure wish I could have freedom of speech at work - could you imagine telling all of the VPs to go take a flying F (politely and diplomatically, of course) and not worry about being canned. What a concept. I missed my calling - I should have become a Prof somewhere.

[E93]

The freedom of speech part mostly pertains to research and writing.
JimB